BASS IN THE BEAVERKILL 



sary to bide the fish's time. On the other bank a 

 local angler was walking slowly backward and 

 forward along the pebbly beach. Upon my ask- 

 ing him why so much exercise he replied, " I Ve 

 got two on and mean to land them." After a 

 time I landed my fish, which proved to be a bass 

 of nearly three pounds, and went to the hotel, 

 leaving my brother angler still on his beat. The 

 next day, I called at his place, and on my inquir- 

 ing about the previous night, he said, " Come and 

 see." To my great surprise, I saw a brown trout 

 of over three pounds, and a bass of three and a 

 half pounds, both taken on the fly. " So," said my 

 friend, " you see I landed a double, but not two 

 of a kind." 



Ideal Bass Water 



It was this incident which led to my inquiries 

 regarding bass in this part of the river. I was 

 told there were lots of them all the way down to 

 Cook's Falls, and I find that any day I can fill a 

 basket. I have caught them on the fly, with 

 young frogs, and with crayfish, but find lampreys 

 afford the best and easiest fishing. The bed of the 

 river is rocky, and live bait get under the stones, 

 but lampreys slip out easily. I have never tried 

 minnows or a spoon, but bass will take anything 

 you like to offer them. They rise to a fly almost 



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